TO 



WILLIAM COOPER. ESQ. 



OF NEW- YORK. 



THIS VOLUME 



JS DEDICATED, AS A TESTIMONY 



OF RESPECT FOR HIS 



ATTAINMENTS AS A NATURALIST, 



AND AS 

 AN EXPRESSION OF 



HIGH ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES, 



BY HIS FRIEND, 



THE AUTHOR. 



J o 3 



